Mar 3, 2026 · 51 min · 9 segments
England have been scrappy but found match-winners on their way to the T20 World Cup semi-finals. Next up: India in Mumbai. Alan Gardner is joined by Matt Roller and Vish Ehantharajah to assess their…
Matt RollerGuestVithushan EhantharajahGuestAlan GardnerHostI don't think many of their victories have featured five or six players doing well.
We do know where the semis and the final are going to be held, which is progress of sorts in this tournament, which has all been about logistics.
England topped their Super 8 group by winning all three games, not without some drama along the way.
But India and South Africa were probably favourites at the start and still favourites now.
I think South Africa have probably been the team whose reputation or standing has been enhanced most at this tournament by their performances.
I think they were really impressive in that win over India and things have fallen together fairly late for them.
If you think two of their top six in Rickleton and Stubbs weren't even in their provisional squad, there's often an element of fortune and happenstance to these things in T20 in particular, but international cricket more generally.
I think it's interesting we've sort of been speaking and because of the fact that England have been scrappy through this tournament, we've been speaking quite a lot about this sort of notion of a perfect game.
But yeah, it's such a rare thing in T20 and it often looks quite strange as well.
But even then, you know, Obviously, the nature of a 10-wicket win is that only two batters bat.
So there are quite a few guys, Brooks, Salt, Stokes, who did very little in that game.
It has to be the goal for any sportsman, but the reality of most E20 games is that you don't need to be perfect to win, and that's true in all sport.
I don't think many of their victories have featured five or six players doing well.
We do know where the semis and the final are going to be held, which is progress of sorts in this tournament, which has all been about logistics.
England topped their Super 8 group by winning all three games, not without some drama along the way.
But India and South Africa were probably favourites at the start and still favourites now.
I think South Africa have probably been the team whose reputation or standing has been enhanced most at this tournament by their performances.
I think they were really impressive in that win over India and things have fallen together fairly late for them.
If you think two of their top six in Rickleton and Stubbs weren't even in their provisional squad, there's often an element of fortune and happenstance to these things in T20 in particular, but international cricket more generally.
I think it's interesting we've sort of been speaking and because of the fact that England have been scrappy through this tournament, we've been speaking quite a lot about this sort of notion of a perfect game.
But yeah, it's such a rare thing in T20 and it often looks quite strange as well.
But even then, you know, Obviously, the nature of a 10-wicket win is that only two batters bat.
So there are quite a few guys, Brooks, Salt, Stokes, who did very little in that game.
It has to be the goal for any sportsman, but the reality of most E20 games is that you don't need to be perfect to win, and that's true in all sport.
The rest of this transcript — segmented and speaker-labeled, so you land on the exact moment something was said
Search every transcript — by keyword, by phrase, or by meaning, across every show Radar indexes
Trends — what is surging across podcasts, measured against its own baseline
Alerts — when a name you follow appears in a newly indexed episode
No account is needed to search Radar.